With a unique carbohydrate blend, great-tasting Glucerna Snack Shakes are designed to help you manage your blood sugar. And each shake is 140 Calories. Between meals you can reach for a cool, creamy, and delicious Glucerna Snack Shake.

Before the StoreRunning errands? A Glucerna Snack Shake is quick and easy to carry with you when you’re on the go.

Afternoon Pick-Me-UpBring a Glucerna Snack Shake to work and bridge the gap between lunch and dinner.

Pre-Party SnackEnjoy before a party to help you resist high-calorie appetizers and desserts.

The Glucerna® product advantage comes from the unique blends of slowly digested carbohydrates and key ingredients scientifically designed to help meet the needs of people with diabetes. First, we’ll look at the benefit of slowly digested carbohydrates. Then, we’ll take a closer look at several unique Glucerna product ingredients that help you manage your diabetes and improve your overall health, and that make Glucerna products taste great, too.

Glucerna Cereal, Bars, and Shakes have been shown to produce a lower blood sugar response in people with diabetes because of their unique carbohydrate blends. Select one of the Glucerna products below to view the blood sugar responses compared to similar standard products.

Glucerna Shake in a Clinical Study

Specially formulated to help you meet American Diabetes Association® Nutrition Recommendations** for protein, saturated and trans fats, and types of low-glycemic carbohydrates, Glucerna Shakes are clinically shown to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower A1C when used as part of the diabetes management plan.

Also, in a clinical study that compared Glucerna Shake and a leading standard nutritional beverage, Glucerna Shake produced a smaller peak change in blood sugar and a lower blood sugar response over four hours.

*The blood glucose values in this graph represent the amount of change (or difference) in blood sugar response after consuming a Glucerna Shake compared to a leading standard nutritional beverage.

Glucerna Product Ingredients and Benefits

Let’s take a closer look at the many beneficial ingredients in Glucerna products that are scientifically designed to help you manage your diabetes and your health.

Ingredients

Benefits

Products

Chromium Picolinate

Helps the body’s own insulin work better

Glucerna Cereal, Glucerna Shakes, Glucerna Snack Shakes

Omega-3 fatty acids

Beneficial for heart health

Glucerna Shakes, Glucerna Snack Shakes

Sucromalt

Beneficial for blood sugar response

Glucerna Cereal, Glucerna Shakes

DAG oil (Enova™ oil)

Helps support heart health

Glucerna Shakes

Phytosterols

Beneficial for heart health

Glucerna Shakes

Whole grains

Beneficial for blood sugar response

Glucerna Cereal

Vitamins C and E

Antioxidant

All Glucerna Products

Unique blends of carbohydrates

Beneficial for blood sugar response

All Glucerna Products

Chromium Picolinate

Chromium is a trace mineral that helps the body’s own insulin work more efficiently to allow blood sugar to move from the blood into the cells.1 Chromium is considered essential because it is not made in the body, and a certain level is needed in the diet to maintain health. Chromium picolinate is chromium in a form that is optimal for the body to absorb and use. Chromium picolinate improves the body’s blood sugar response and helps support cardiovascular health.

Sucromalt is a key ingredient as part of the carbohydrate blend that helps manage blood sugar response in Glucerna Cereal and Glucerna Shakes. Sucromalt is a fully digestible, low-glycemic carbohydrate source that provides sweetness. Sucromalt is natural — not artificial. As a slowly digested carbohydrate, sucromalt also contributes to a lower blood sugar response.

DAG Oil (Enova™ oil)

Diacylglycerol (DAG) oil, from natural soy and canola oils, is widely available as Enova™ cooking oil in grocery stores. Studies show that consuming DAG oil results in lower triglyceride levels after a meal.2 DAG oil helps prevent the increase of fat levels in the blood, so less is stored in the body as fat, and more of the fat is sent to the liver to be burned for energy. DAG oil is not like the fat substitute ingredient olestra (commonly found in snack chips), which is not recognized by the body and is incompletely digested.

Phytosterols

Phytosterols (plant sterols) in foods help lower cholesterol, particularly when combined with DAG oil.3,4 Phytosterols do not raise blood cholesterol like cholesterol from animal sources (eggs, meat), and because they are structurally similar to cholesterol, plant sterols are absorbed in place of animal cholesterol. As part of a diet for people with diabetes that is already low in saturated fat and cholesterol, phytosterols can help reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol.

Whole Grains

Whole grains have higher fiber, mineral, and vitamin content than processed grains. Whenever possible, it is better for your health to replace highly processed grains, cereals, and sugars with minimally processed whole-grain products. Fiber is an important part of a healthy diet.

Vitamins C and E

The antioxidant vitamins C and E are ingredients in all Glucerna products. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), in addition to being an important antioxidant, is essential for healthy tissues, teeth, bones, gums, ligaments, and blood vessels (because it helps produce collagen, a connective tissue). Vitamin E supports normal cell structure, enzyme function, and a healthy nervous system.

Unique Blends of Carbohydrates

The key to Glucerna products is their unique blends of slowly digested carbohydrates, shown to help manage blood sugar spikes.5,6 "Slowly digested" means that sugar is not immediately broken down and absorbed into the blood, which helps minimize peaks in blood sugar. Consistently maintaining optimal blood sugar levels over time can help reduce the complications of diabetes. Using Glucerna products help with carb consistency. Each Glucerna product was developed to provide a set amount of carbohydrates in each serving.

Facts:

Nutrition Facts

Glucerna Snack Shakes

Serving Size:

1 Can (8 fl oz)

Servings Per Container:

4

Amount per Serving

Calories Total

140

from Fat

45

% Daily Value+

Total Fat

5 g

8%

Saturated Fat

0.5g

3%

Cholesterol

<5mg

<2%

Sodium

230 mg

10%

Potassium

280 mg

8%

Total Carbohydrate

19 g

6%

Dietary fiber

3 g

12%

Sugars

5 g

Protein

7 g

14%

Vitamins and Minerals

Vitamin A

15%

Vitamin C

60%

Calcium

15%

Iron

15%

Vitamin D

15%

Vitamin E

15%

Vitamin K

15%

Thiamin

15%

RiboFlavin

15%

Niacin

15%

Vitamin B6

15%

Folate

15%

Vitamin B12

15%

Biotin

15%

Pantothenic acid

15%

Phosphorus

15%

Iodine

15%

Magnesium

15%

Zinc

15%

Selenium

15%

Copper

15%

Manganese

15%

Chromium

100%

Molybdenum

20%

Chrolide

10%

Choline

15%

+ Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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